Christmas (and New Year's) on Logos
Another boat trip, more projects completed, and a little sailing thrown in for fun. We spent Christmas through after New Year's Day at the marina on Logos, our Catalina 30, and experienced a little of everything, weather-wise. From 70s to 20s, from dead calm to 35+ knot gusts, from rain to frost to bright blue skies. No snow, however! It was a relatively quiet, peaceful time, interrupted occasionally by rapid-fire gunshots from duck hunters in the woods near our marina, the barking of nearby dogs, or the revving of an engine as a motorboat passed near our slip. We had a few maintenance mishaps, some far too embarrassing to relate here, and repeat trips to town to purchase various tools, but overall, we enjoyed our time aboard, away from the hustle and bustle of our normal lives.
Here are some photos from our time aboard:
Christmas dinner we made and brought from home - ho ho ho!
(New red dinnerware is a Christmas gift from Mom -- very nice!)
Barry and sleepy Paisley
Emily and Paisley
Getting ready to come across to the finger dock
We had our waterline and prop scraped by a diver; that's his little boat behind Logos
Ralph the diver taking off, along with a sailboat from the small dock at our marina
Paisley hanging out
Barry getting some anchoring tips from liveaboard cruiser John, who joined us for a beer
Filling the water tanks
Sailing on a gorgeous December day!
Cap'n Bear enjoying the sail
First-mate Paisley, on the other hand, fell down in her line-handling duties...
First time our knotmeter has worked in over a year, thanks to Ralph cleaning the paddlewheel. Winds were perfect this day for us to make over six knots for most of the sail, must have been the newly slick hull!
Newly installed cockpit speaker for VHF
After a tough day of sailing, more naps for the crew
A cooler day but still pretty
The water was very low for a couple of days due to south winds, which had Logos sitting 28" below the finger dock -- a tough step up for me!
I learned a new skill -- whipping lines
Sunset over Broad Creek
Another boat trip, more projects completed, and a little sailing thrown in for fun. We spent Christmas through after New Year's Day at the marina on Logos, our Catalina 30, and experienced a little of everything, weather-wise. From 70s to 20s, from dead calm to 35+ knot gusts, from rain to frost to bright blue skies. No snow, however! It was a relatively quiet, peaceful time, interrupted occasionally by rapid-fire gunshots from duck hunters in the woods near our marina, the barking of nearby dogs, or the revving of an engine as a motorboat passed near our slip. We had a few maintenance mishaps, some far too embarrassing to relate here, and repeat trips to town to purchase various tools, but overall, we enjoyed our time aboard, away from the hustle and bustle of our normal lives.
Here are some photos from our time aboard:
Christmas dinner we made and brought from home - ho ho ho!
(New red dinnerware is a Christmas gift from Mom -- very nice!)
Barry and sleepy Paisley
Emily and Paisley
Getting ready to come across to the finger dock
We had our waterline and prop scraped by a diver; that's his little boat behind Logos
Ralph the diver taking off, along with a sailboat from the small dock at our marina
Paisley hanging out
Barry getting some anchoring tips from liveaboard cruiser John, who joined us for a beer
Filling the water tanks
Sailing on a gorgeous December day!
Cap'n Bear enjoying the sail
First-mate Paisley, on the other hand, fell down in her line-handling duties...
First time our knotmeter has worked in over a year, thanks to Ralph cleaning the paddlewheel. Winds were perfect this day for us to make over six knots for most of the sail, must have been the newly slick hull!
Newly installed cockpit speaker for VHF
After a tough day of sailing, more naps for the crew
A cooler day but still pretty
The water was very low for a couple of days due to south winds, which had Logos sitting 28" below the finger dock -- a tough step up for me!
I learned a new skill -- whipping lines
Sunset over Broad Creek
1 comment:
You guys look like you are having a great time on that boat! I am SO happy for you!! You deserve the best. Go Paisley Go!
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